Whether you have time to watch the entire Smallville before going to see Man Of Steel, well that’s another thing. But it will give you a batch of Clark, Lex, Lana, Pete, Chloe, Jonathan, Martha, Lionel and Lois to come home to afterwards.

It’s arguably one of the best things to happen to the Superman franchise since the first Christopher Reeve movie. I remember when it was launched, with that half naked Clark Kent in a cornfield with an S painted on his topless torso. DC Comics seemed rather embarrassed about it, trying to hide its existence at San Diego Comic Con.